New York Mets double up the Miami Marlins

 The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins on Saturday.  The game took place at Citi Field in 

Flushing, New York and the final score was 8-4.  David Peterson started for the Mets and he pitched

well.  J.D. Davis led the offense with two hits and four RBI.  

Peterson pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  

Peterson won his second game of the season.  Jeurys Familia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with three walks, Drew Smith pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and 

Robert Gsellman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Seth Lugo pitched a perfect 

inning with a strikeout and Justin Wilson pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two 

strikeouts.  

Daniel Castano pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up five hits and five runs with four being earned.  He 

walked one and struck out four.  James Hoyt pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout, Brian Moran 

pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and a strikeout and Josh Smith 

pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run.  Pat Venditte pitched a perfect inning.  

Amed Rosario had a hit, Jeff McNeil had a hit and drew a walk and Davis  had two hits and four RBI.

Pete Alonso had a hit, two RBI and a walk, Michael Conforto had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and 

Dom Smith had a hit.  Smith hit a double, Conforto, Alonso and Davis each hit a homerun.  The Mets

were 1-3 with runners in scoring position  left four men on base.  

Jon Berti drew a walk, Jesus Aguilar had two hits and Corey Dickerson had two hits and drew a walk.

Brian Anderson had two hits and an RBI, Matt Joyce drew a walk and Logan Forsythe had a hit, an RBI

and drew two walks and Monte Harrison had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks.  Forsythe hit a

homerun and the Marlins were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  

Anderson committed an error.  

In the first Anderson hit an RBI single to give the Marlins a 1-0 lead.  In the second Conforto hit a 

two-run homerun to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  Alonso hit a two-run homerun in the third to extend 

the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth Forsythe hit a solo  homerun cutting the lead to 4-2.  In the bottom of the 

fifth Davis hit a sac fly and the lead was 5-2.  In the sixth Harrison hit a two-run single to cut the lead

to one at 5-4.  In the seventh Davis hit a three-run homerun to make it 8-4 and that would be the final

score.  The two teams will play the rubber game of the three-game series on Sunday afternoon.  

New York Mets lose a close one to the Miami Marlins

 The New York Mets were defeated by the Miami Marlins on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi

field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-3.  Michael Wacha started for the Mets and he

pitched ok, the bullpen was good and Pete Alonso had two hits to lead the offense.  

Wacha pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with two walks and nine strikeouts.  Wacha 

lost his second game of the season.  Chasen Shreve pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking 

out five, Jared Hughes pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Edwin Diaz pitched a 

perfect inning with two strikeouts.  

Humberto Mejia pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and six strikeouts.  

Justin Shafer pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one, Stephen Tarpley won his second

game of the season pitching two perfect innings with two strikeouts and James Hoyt pitched 2/3

of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout.  Richard Bleier pitched 1/3 of an inning giving

up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and Nick Vincent picked up his first save of the season

pitching 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one.  

Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, Brian Dozier drew a walk and Alonso had two hits.  Michael Conforto

had a hit, J.D. Davis had a hit and an RBI and Dom Smith had a hit and an RBI.  Wilson Ramos drew a

walk, Amed Rosario had a hit and Alonso, Conforto and Rosario each hit a double.  Smith hit a

homerun and the Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Shreve

had a pickoff.  

Jonathan Villar had a hit and an RBI, Jesus Aguilar had two hits and drew a walk and Brian Anderson

drew a walk.  Matt Joyce had two hits, Francisco Cervelli had a hit and three RBI and Magneuris 

Sierra had a hit and drew two walks.  Villar hit a double and Aguilar hit two doubles.  Cervelli hit a 

homerun and the Marlins were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  

Sierra had a stolen base and was caught stealing.  Anderson committed an error.  

In the second Cervelli hit a three-run homerun to give the Marlins a 3-0 lead.  Villar hit an RBI double

and the lead was pushed to 4-0.  In the second Smith hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-1.  

In the eighth Conforto hit into a fielder's choice and the lead was 4-2.  Davis hit an RBI single to 

make it a 4-3 game but that would be the final score.  

New York Yankees are shutout by the Tampa Bay Rays

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.  The game took place

at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida and the final score was 1-0.  Masahiro Tanaka started for

the Yankees and pitched great.  The bullpen pitched well and the offense didn't do anything.  

Tanaka pitched five innings giving up a hit and no runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  Luis Cessa

pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Adam Ottavino lost his first game of the 

season pitching an inning giving up a run and two walks with a strikeout.  

Blake Snell pitched three hitless and scoreless innings.  He walked two and struck out five.  Andrew

Kittredge pitched two perfect innings, Pete Fairbanks pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out

one, Diego Castillo pitched 1/3 of an inning walking two and Nick Anderson pitched 2/3 of an inning

walking one and striking out one.  Chaz Roe won his second game of the season pitching two innings

giving up a hit and he struck out two.  

DJ LeMahieu had a hit and drew a walk, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Giancarlo Stanton drew a walk.

Gio Urshela drew a walk, Gary Sanchez drew a walk and Mike Tauchman had a hit.  Tauchman hit a 

double and the Yankees were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  

Yandy Diaz had a hit, Yoshi Tsutsugo drew a walk and Kevin Kiermaier had a hit and drew a walk.

Michael Perez had an RBI, Kiermaier hit a double and the Rays were 0-4 with runners in scoring 

position and left three men on base.  

In the eighth Perez hit a sac fly to give the Rays a 1-0 lead and that was the final score.  The two 

teams will play a doubleheader beginning tomorrow afternoon.  

Yankees lose a close one to the Philadelphia Phillies

 The New York Yankees were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.  The game took 

place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the final score was 5-4.  Jordan

Montgomery started for the Yankees and he didn't pitch very well.  The Yankees bullpen kept them in 

the game and Mike Tauchman and Brett Gardner each had two hits to lead the offense.  

Montgomery pitched four innings giving up six hits and five runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  

Montgomery took his first loss of the season.  David Hale pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he 

walked two and struck out three and Jonathan Holder pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk 

 and struck out three.

Zach Eflin pitched four innings giving up four hits and two runs with none being earned.  He walked 

one and struck out five.  Deolis Guerra pitched an inning with a strikeout and he won his first game

of the season, Nick Pivetta pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with two strikeouts.  

Jose Alvarez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Hector Neris pitched

1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he had a strikeout.  

Tauchman had two hits and two RBI, Aaron Hicks had a hit and Giancarlo Stanton had a hit.  

 Gardner had two hits, Gio Urshela had a hit and Gary Sanchez had a hit and two RBI.  Tyler Wade

drew a walk, DJ LeMahieu had a hit and Urshela and Stanton each hit a double.  Sanchez hit a homerun.

The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Gardner was caught

stealing and Hale had a pickoff.   

Andrew McCutchen had two hits, Rhys Hoskins drew a walk and Bryce Harper had a hit and drew two 

walks.  JT Realmuto had two hits and three RBI, Phil Gosselin had a hit and two RBI and Didi 

Gregorius had a hit.  Roman Quinn  had a hit and drew a walk, Gosselin and McCutchen each hit a 

double and Quinn hit a triple.  Realmuto hit a homerun and the Phillies were 2-8 with runners in scoring

position and left six men on base.  Quinn was picked off and Kingery committed an error.  

In the first Realmuto hit a three-run homerun to give the Phillies a 3-0 lead.  In the second Tauchman

hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the third Gosselin hit a two-run double to make it 5-2.

In the seventh Sanchez hit a two-run homerun to make it a 5-4 game.  The final score was 5-4.  

New York Mets are shutout at the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place

at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 4-0.  David Peterson started for the Mets

and he pitched pretty well.  Jeff McNeil led the offense with three hits but the story of the game was

the inability of the Mets to get the big hit. 

Peterson pitched six innings giving up five hits and three runs with a walk and eight strikeouts. 

Peterson took his first loss of the season.  Edwin Diaz pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout

and Drew Smith pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run. 

Kyle Wright started for the Braves and he pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up five hits and no runs with

four walks and five strikeouts.  Tyler Matzek pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck

out four and won his first game of the season.  A.J. Minter pitched an inning giving up a hit and

Shane Greene pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Mark Melancon pitched

an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

Brandon Nimmo drew two walks, McNeil had three hits and Michael Conforto drew two walks. 

Robinson Cano had a hit, J.D. Davis had a hit and Dom Smith had a hit and drew a walk.  Amed

Rosario had two hits, Tomas Nido had a hit and Andres Gimenez had a hit.  McNeil and Davis each

hit a double.  The Mets were 1-15 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base. 

Ronald Acuna Jr. had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Dansby Swanson had a hit and Freddie Freeman

had a hit and two RBI.  Johan Camargo had a hit and an RBI, Adam Duvall had two hits and drew a

walk and Austin Riley had a hit.  Riley, Duvall and Acuna Jr. each hit a double and Camargo hit a

homerun.  The Braves were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

In the third Acuna drew an RBI walk and Freddie Freeman had an RBI ground out to give the Braves

a 2-0 lead.  In the fourth Camargo hit a solo homerun and in the eighth Freeman hit an RBI single to

push the lead to 4-0 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play again on Monday

night with the Braves looking for the four-game sweep.